Where just two decades ago spatial data was mainly carried on paper maps, map and three-dimensional topographic data is now accessible via Google Earth. Where accurate positioning was once the...

Never before in history has mankind lived with so many people, so close together, on such small pieces of land. Levels of urbanisation all over the world are extremely high;...

GfK MACON (Germany) has revised and completed the digital maps of Romania for its new expanded European map archive. The most important addition is the six-digit postcode map. Simultaneously, on...

Modest Production Rates Recent issues of GIM International have paid much attention to the implementation of land-administration systems as a means of reducing poverty in developing countries. But what are...

This product survey focuses on high-resolution, large-format scanners with colour depth of up to 48 bits for transferring large-format hardcopy images and maps to digital format. The resulting raster data...

ESRI (CA, USA) has announced that World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is using ESRI ArcWeb Services to operate WildFinder, its new information site on the Web. The site gives students, nature...

GIS is a very useful tool in the planning of urban conservation. GIS includes integration of vector and raster data, geographical referencing, correction and spatial adjustment. GIS analysis tools and...

A Web-sourced definition of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is “a written document executed by the parties which establishes policies or procedures of mutual concern. It does not require either party...

Ordnance Survey (UK) has launched a desktop data product that is ideal for property professionals such as architects, civil engineers, construction companies and estate managers. Landplan Data enables detailed analysis...

CyberCity (Switzerland) has released TerrainView-Globe, an add-on module of TerrainView that lets you display and analyse the whole earth in 3D. TerrainView-Globe can pre-process and then access, in real-time, any...